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Saudis Stand Tough As Top Gulf Diplomats In Washington For Qatar Talks

Three top Gulf diplomats were in Washington Tuesday as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sought to help resolve the...

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Macron Invites Trump To Bastille Day

French President Emmanuel Macron invited President Donald Trump to a Bastille Day celebration next month to celebrate...

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Saudis Say Demands ‘non-Negotiable’ As Qatar, US Officials Meet

Saudi Arabia reiterated Tuesday that its demands on Qatar were not negotiable, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...

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Sudan Hopes US Travel Ban Won’t Harm Sanctions Bid

Sudan expressed hopes on Tuesday that a US court's decision to partially reinstate a travel ban that includes its...

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US Supreme Court To Decide On Iran Artifact Case

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide on a long-running legal battle over whether Persian artifacts in...

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Macron, Trump Vow ‘joint Response’ If Chemical Attack In Syria

US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed during a telephone call Tuesday on the need...

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US Suspects Chem Weapons ‘activity’ At Syria Base Used In Attack

The US warning that Syria may be preparing another chemical weapons attack was based on suspect activity at the launch...

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IMF Cuts US Growth Outlook Amid Absent Policies

The lack of details on President Donald Trump's plans to reform the US economy prompted the International Monetary Fund...

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Dozens Dead In US-Led Strikes On Jihadist-Run Syrian Prison

US-led coalition air strikes killed nearly 60 people at a Syrian prison run by the Islamic State group, a monitor said...

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US Mayors Bypass Trump To Back Paris Climate Goals

President Donald Trump's pullout from the Paris climate accord has triggered a bipartisan push from US mayors to stick...

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EU Cases Against US Firms

The EU's decision to impose the biggest anti-trust fine in its history on Silicon Valley giant Google is the latest in...

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North Korea Likens Trump To Hitler

North Korea compared US President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler on Tuesday in its latest diatribe, amid high tensions...

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Google Faces Record EU Fine On Tuesday

The EU's powerful anti-trust regulator is set to slap Google with a record fine on Tuesday in yet another salvo against...

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Tillerson To Meet Qatari Counterpart In Washington

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with his Qatari counterpart Tuesday in Washington, after the US...

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N. Korea Likens Trump To Hitler

North Korea likened US President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler on Tuesday in its latest diatribe amid high tensions over...

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US Says Assad May Be Preparing Chemical Attack, Warns ‘heavy Price’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may be preparing a chemical weapons attack that would result in the "mass murder" of...

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Nicklaus Says Tiger Faces Tough Road Back

Jack Nicklaus says Tiger Woods will have a very difficult time making a comeback to competitive golf as he deals with...

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US Imposes Second Round of Tariffs On Canadian Lumber

The United States slapped a new anti-dumping tax on Canadian softwood lumber, the latest escalation in a trade dispute...

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Bromance As Trump and Modi Hail Friendship At First Talks

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embraced each other as friends and partners Monday,...